We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:53:57 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Since I'm about to get on an airplane - I found this story of interest: The Transportation Security Administration bagged a terrorist in Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday, or so they thought. Daniel Brown's name came up on their no-fly watchlist, so they dragged him into interrogation and grilled him, despite the protestations of Brown and his fellow travelers, who swore they could vouch for him. Yep. The bureaucrats of the TSA (and I'm a former government employee who still gets a check from the government, I'm inclined to offer the benefit of the doubt - but I've had better... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:45:00 -0600 Cheese Eating College Boy TINS: One of the most emberassing moments of my life is because of TSA. The Thanksgiving the year after 9/11 I went with Jess up to Oregon to have a weekend and dinner at her parents. Well, they wanted to take Jess shopping. Apparently, Jess's mom, weirdest kinda CAtholic I ever met, decided that her daughter needed man tempting sleepwear and they bought some(Jess don't need it. It's all about the present, not the wrapping paper.). The 'rents being the 'rents we get loaded down with about twice as much junk as we came with, or more appropriately, Jess gets loaded down with three time the amount of junk she came with. I pack everything of mine but a book into my suitcase and offer to take Jess' backpack, loaded to the brim, as my carryon so we don't get nailed for baggage fees. So the backpach goes thru the x-ray machine, and it gets flagged. They have to dig thru it with me standing there in PDX, and at the time it was right where everyone can see you. So I'm standing there, and what does the guy pull out? The man trapping undies. Stupid underwire. So here I am, 6'0 and 200lb man with the guy asking if the man trapping undies are mine infront of about 300 people while he holds them about chest height and out in front of him in plain view. I got the nickname the Easter Bunny for a reason. I blush the nicest shade of pink. Okay, so it's not the Cheif's TINS(or polished delivery), but hey, it's better than nothing. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44223 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44223 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:12:27 -0600 What the...? Had to make sure I wasn't reading The Onion. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44212 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44212 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:46:46 -0600 LOL! Cricket, that's awesome. WK and Cricket, taking over the world, one strand at a time.... HA! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44207 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44207 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:52:21 -0600 I use red tapeworms for fishbait. Twits. Were-Kitten, I knit and tat. I foresee that you and I will end up on a flight together, with our wooden needles and shuttles stuffed in our socks with size 80 thread, only to be told by some bureaucratic microbe that we could use the thread to strangle a flight attendant. Where is Jodie Foster when you need her? So....anyone going to go to the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival next month? Just asking. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44200 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44200 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:20:04 -0600 *Grabs FBL's tape and heads for moral highground* I am joining FBL today. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44198 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44198 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:08:48 -0600 heh. At least I didn't say "hardware"!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44193 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44193 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:24:45 -0600 I can't wait to go through security tonight. I wonder what they'll think of my baggage. Must resist. Must resist... Must RESIST! *wrapping 100 mph tape across mouth* *EVIL GRIN* ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44192 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44192 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:18:40 -0600 I can't wait to go through security tonight. I wonder what they'll think of my baggage. It amazes me that we let illegals stroll across the border, but yet we have such stringent FAA guidelines now that you can't even crochet or do embroidery on airplanes. "Don't you DARE bring out the needles, lady... but if you want to stroll across the border, let me hold your bags for you and put my coat down over that mud puddle we call the Rio Grande" *morons* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44191 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44191 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:09:52 -0600 These are the same morons who were going to take The Medal from Joe Foss because it has sharp edges. Apparently, this would be the perfect job for trained gorillas. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44186 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44186 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:11:05 -0600 Ridge's Retards for anything.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44182 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44182 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:02:04 -0600 Dittos, Tigger-Sis. My mind boggles at the stupidity. Do you suppose the no-fly list had the ranks/services listed along with their names? That would just put the cherry on top of the whipped cream, wouldn't it? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44180 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44180 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:32:37 -0600 I love the outcome, and am outraged at the story. *morons* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44179 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/04/leave_no_man_behind_ever.html#comment-44179 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:34:18 -0600